All I've got says it does, but acetate's protic so wtf........or maybe if you count it as the wb then I guess it makes sense.... ??? IDK I was going for SN1 or E1..
2007-11-19 12:57:31 · 2 answers · asked by bad_banking 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
how? it has to be aprotic for SN2 to work well
2007-11-19 13:28:14 · update #1
what's stopping it from doing a 1----ive got a wb nucleophile, protic solvent......or am I misunderstanding how acetate acts
2007-11-19 13:31:09 · update #2
Yes.
(CH3)2CH-Br + CH3COO- ===> (CH3)2CH-OOCCH3 + Br-
2007-11-19 13:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More rapidly THAN.... what? More rapidly than tertiary, I suppose. An SN2 subs. reaction means you have a molecule, which collides with another, making a quatrovalent intermedier (5 substitutents around the carbon). For this, heavily packed carbon atoms don't suit. As for primary halides, the carbon atoms connect to a halogen atom, another carbon atom, and two hydrogens. There is just enough space around the carbon for another molecule to bond in. But when it comes to tertiary, you have 3 carbons around your desired one, which leaves no place for an attack.
2016-05-24 06:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by eugenia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋